[Kaj]

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But I'm curious, what's your political persuasion and what's your general approach to investing?

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I used to invest in index funds. Now I don't invest in the market. I don't want to be part owner of the very institutions that I abhor (I'm trying to cut down on the consuming part to, doing much better although Diet Pepsi is till an occasional vice). I know this may cost me and my family, but I can live with that, and there's more to life than increasing my wealth -- we get by well enough, better than most of the world. Besides, I'd rather invest in myself. The few years I played serious poker, I did quite well and didn't have to be part of a government-made-and-protected entity to do it. Maybe I'd invest in a particular company or two in the future whose business plan I supported, but I don't have the resources to want to branch into individual businesses like that right now.

Paradoxically, I work for the government. And enjoy what I do.